Posted by admin on October 20th, 2008 at 1:37 pm | Categorized as All things digital, Cloud computing, IT economy | Tagged as Cloud computing, Forecasts, IDC, Software as a service
Over the next five year, spending on cloud-computing services is expected to “grow almost threefold, reaching $42 billion by 2012 and accounting for 9% or revenues in five key market segments, according to a release Monday from market-research firm IDC. ” More importantly, spending on cloud computing will accelerate throughout the forecast period, capturing 25% of IT spending growth in 2012 and nearly a third of growth the following year.”
One of the trends IDC says will accelerate the adoption of Internet-centric computing, which employs an “online delivery and consumption models for business and consumer services”, is the Read the rest of this entry »
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Posted by admin on July 26th, 2008 at 4:48 pm | Categorized as All things digital, Fun stuff, Research | Tagged as Digital media, International Symposium on Electronic Art, Keio University, National University of Singapore, Wearable media
Reshaping our lifestyle in the “connected society” is the goal of a new research center to be formed as a joint ventures between Keio University, the oldest university in Japan and one of its most prestigious, and the National University of Singapore. It will be Keio’s first full-scale international research center located outside of Japan, according to a press release issued Friday.
Plans for the center, to be called the Keio-NUS CUTE Centre — CUTE standing for Connective Ubiquitous Technology for Embodiments (to be explained shortly) Read the rest of this entry »
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